At 13:00 05/06/2007, you wrote:
I make costume for a living too...
historical stuff for museums and re-enactors mostly - odd bit of tv chucked
in - I also make bridal and evening wear, etc. oh, and have my
first british
army commision as a tailor now, so most definitely full time :o)
debbie
Until I decided I'd had enough and started planning my retirement I
was a full time professional costume maker, and when I say full time,
that often included evenings and weekends. Therefore I have loads of
personal projects unfinished, because I do not like sewing for me and
my family when I have been sewing for others all week.
Suzi
>2 months is an impressively short amount of time for such a project!
>
> I get the sense from messages I have read that most folks on this list do
> not make/study/write about historical clothing for a living. Is this
> true?
> If so, what do you all do to fund your need to build historical clothing?
>
> I am an attorney by day but I am fascinated with all types of historical
> clothing from about the 15th century through the 19th. Someday I will
> focus
> on one time period but I haven't yet.
>
> Jennifer
I make costumes, mostly for reenactors, but I do a few theatrical
productions, too.
Melusine
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